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• A special "Toon Much of a Good Thing" edition of Why For

  Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim talks about why Walt Disney Home Entertainment stopped producing 2-disc versions of those new Disney / Pixar DVDs as well as revealing that Walt Disney Animation Studios may already have a second traditionally animated feature in the works Read More... Posted Friday, November 02, 2007 12:00 AM | 30 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, theme park, Pixar, traditional animation, computer animation, CG, John Lasseter, Walt Disney Pictures, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Robert Zemeckis, Ron Clements, John Musker, Cars, Ratatouille, Brad Bird, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disney's Hollywood , Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Incredibles, Pixar Animation Studios, Russia, WDAS, Burbank, WDW, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, WDSHE, WDHE, Disney Blu-Ray, Blu-ray, The Magic of Disney Animation, Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida, How to Hook-Up Your Home Theater, Prep and Landing, The Ballad of Nessie, Loch Ness, Glago's Guest, close encounter of the third kind, Walden Media, South of the Border with Walt: Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program 1941 - 1948, Heartland Film Festival, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group, Mark Zoradi, Bolt, Glen Keane, Rapunzel, Dean Wellins, ImageMoversDigital, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, DVD

• Monday Mouse Watch: Is Disney getting ready to send in the "Clones" ?

  How badly does the Walt Disney Company want to acquire the broadcast rights to George Lucas' new animated "Star Wars" TV series? So much so that it's reportedly willing to let Lucas ride herd on the retheming of much of Disneyland's Tomorrowland section. Jim Hill shares the latest scuttlebutt coming out of WDI Read More... Posted Monday, August 27, 2007 12:00 AM | 37 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theme park, TV, attraction, Imagineering, ABC, Disney Channel, Disneyland, 20th Century Fox, Fox, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, The Jungle Cruise, Anaheim, George Lucas, Innoventions, Star Tours, Star Wars, ABC Family, HBO, Jedi Training Academy, Astro Orbitor, Star Wars Weekends, Autopia, Star Wars Insider, Toon Disney, The Clone Wars, ABC Studios

• Tube Thursday : The "Disney Afternoon" shows that you didn't get to see

  Jim Hill digs through Disney Television Animation's discard pile and comes across some pretty intriguing concepts for new TV series Read More... Posted Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:15 AM | 26 Comments Filed under: animation, DVD / Video, theme park, TV, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney Consumer Products, Disney Channel, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Playhouse Disney, Disney Press, Darkwing Duck, DuckTales, The Disney Afternoon, Disney Bunnies, Country Bear Playhouse, Country Bear Jamboree, Launchpad McQuack, Scrooge McDuck, Critter Country, Splash Mountain

• As "Tarzan" swings off Broadway, is Beyoncé getting ready to play Aida in Disney's next big movie musical?

  Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related question. In this week's "Why For," he talks about how the Wiggles wound up at Six Flags, shares the latest news on the "Song of the South" DVD, sounds off about "Soarin'" & "Der Glockner Von Notre Dame" and ... Oh, yeah ... Reveals the latest rumors surrounding the studio's upcoming big screen adaptation of "Aida" Read More... Posted Friday, July 06, 2007 12:00 AM | 15 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, music, theater, theme park, TV, Why For, Pixar, Broadway, musical, attraction, ABC, Disney Channel, traditional animation, computer animation, CG, Walt Disney Pictures, Michael Eisner, Dick Cook, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Epcot

• Why For do the Imagineers keep adding new characters to Disney's classic theme park attractions?

  Jim Hill returns with even more answers to your Mouse-related questions. This time around, Jim addresses Disneyana fans' concerns with the growing number of Pixar-related rides & shows that are being added to the Disney theme parks Read More... Posted Friday, June 22, 2007 12:00 AM | 63 Comments Filed under: animation, DVD / Video, movies, theater, theme park, Why For, Pixar, attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, Imagineering, traditional animation, computer animation, CG, WED, Disneyland, Walt Disney World

• Has "At World's End" got you at wit's end ? Then pick up a copy of "The Pirates Guidelines" and unravel the secrets of Disney's POTC trilogy

  Jim Hill reviews this new Disney Editions book as well as checking out the newly enhanced edition of Jason Surrell's "Pirates of the Caribbean : From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies." WARNING : This review does contain some "Pirates 3" spoilers Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:00 AM | 9 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, DVD / Video, theme park, attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Verbinski

• Monday Mouse Watch : Is Disney milking it a bit too much with its "High School Musical" franchise ?

  Jim Hill brings you the latest news from East High. With Disney's plans to launch a professional stage production of "High School Musical" later this month as well as its early promotional efforts for the sequel to this incredibly popular TV movie (WARNING ! This article does contain some minor spoilers for "High School Musical 2"). Read More... Posted Monday, June 11, 2007 12:00 AM | 33 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, music, theater, theme park, TV, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney Consumer Products, High School Musical, Disney Channel, Jerry Bruckheimer, Walt Disney Pictures, Buena Vista Home Entertainment

• "Bring Me That Horizon" features a treasure trove of tales about Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy

  Jim Hill checks out Michael Singer's new behind-the-scenes book, which features lots of great stories about how "The Curse of the Black Pearl," "Dead Man's Chest" and "At World's End" were actually created Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theme park, Visual Effects, attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jerry Bruckheimer, Johnny Depp, Gore Verbinski, Walt Disney Pictures

• Why Disney didn't "release the hounds" on Hamas' Mickey Mouse & Shijingshan Amusement Park

  Jim Hill has noticed something interesting. That -- while the Walt Disney Company is now taking a much more careful & measured approach toward its international dealings -- it doesn't really seem to be putting a whole lot of thought into how the Disneyland Resort deals with the Anaheim City Council Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 22, 2007 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, music, theme park, TV, Bob Iger

• Why For did Michael Eisner try and shut down production of "The Curse of the Black Pearl" back in 2002 ?

  Jim Hill shares some stories about the first film in the "Pirates" trilogy. In particular how Disney's former CEO -- because he genuinely believed that teenagers would think that a movie that was based on a theme park attraction was totally lame -- repeatedly tried to pull the plug on this project (WARNING : This article does contain some mild "At World's End" spoilers) Read More... Posted Friday, May 18, 2007 12:00 AM | 26 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theme park, Why For, Visual Effects, attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Verbinski, Walt Disney Pictures, Michael Eisner, Dick Cook

• Why For wasn't this episode of "Dinosaurs" ever broadcast on ABC ?

  In honor of next Tuesday's DVD release of the third & fourth seasons of this acclaimed Touchstone Television / Jim Henson Productions series, Jim Hill talks about a particular show that never actually aired on ABC. A brutally funny send-up of Disneyland & Walt Disney World called "Variations on a Theme Park" Read More... Posted Friday, April 27, 2007 12:00 AM | 14 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, theme park, TV, Jim Henson, attraction, ABC

• Do you think that Disney invented the in-park movie premiere ? Think again

  Jim Hill takes you back to June of 1971. When the Duke moseyed on over to Knott's Berry Farm for the world premiere of his latest motion picture, "Big Jake" as well as to take part in the dedication of the John Wayne Theatre Read More... Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 12:00 AM | 13 Comments Filed under: DVD / Video, movies, theater, theme park, attraction

• A special behind-the-scenes version of Why For

  Jeff Lange shares photos of a bizarre WDW structure that few Disneyana fans ever got the chance to see. Plus Jim Hill talks up some fun Disney-related events that will be happening around the country over the next few days Read More... Posted Friday, March 30, 2007 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theme park, TV, Why For

• Where's Roger? What's going on with Mouse Surplus? And what should I doing this weekend if I'm a Disney fan who lives in LA?

  In preparation for tomorrow's "Why For" column, Jim Hill clears the decks. Answering some JHM readers' questions that don't actually have all that much to do with the Mouse Read More... Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:00 AM | 10 Comments Filed under: animation, book, comics, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theme park

• Monday Mouse Watch: You'll believe a car can fly

  Jim Hill's back with even more information related to last Friday's who's-got-the-theme-park-rights-to-"Harry-Potter"-now story. Trust me, folks. Disney fans are NOT going to be happy after they read today's article Read More... Posted Monday, February 05, 2007 12:00 AM | 42 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theme park, Why For